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337 The Dayton Optimist, started in 1906, ran through to 1909, when it was suspended by L. B. Stone.

The Tribune has been running almost steadily since its establishment in 1912, since which time it has undergone several changes of ownership and at least one suspension. Fred T. Mellinger was publishing the Tribune in 1922 when a wider field beckoned at Tillamook, and he suspended the paper and went to the Tillamook Herald, where he has been ever since. In January 1925 A. N. Merrill revived the paper and continued it for more than a year. In 1927 the Oregon newspaper directory gave the name of J. F. Robertson as editor, owner, publisher, and manager. Next year John E. Black was listed as the owner, with J. E. Mellinger reporter. In 1929 C. W. Van Wormer, publisher of the Yamhill Record, was listed as publisher of the Tribune. He sold to E. B. Stolle June 1, 1931. Subsequent publishers have been C. M. Sutton, M. Byron Hughes, C. M. Sutton again, J. R. Todd, and Jessie M. Taylor and Milo E. Taylor, present publisher and editor.

Newberg.—The Graphic goes back to 1888, when Hiatt & Hobson started it as an independent four-page weekly newspaper, issued Saturdays, at a cost to subscribers of $2 a year. In 1890 the paper was published by Frank P. Baum. E. H. Woodward, who owned the Graphic longer than any other person, took hold in 1892 and published it until his death in 1920.

Mr. Woodward made the paper Republican, cut the price to $1.50, and reported 450 subscribers in 1903. Within ten years he had built this figure up to 950, holding it close to 1,000 until his death, when the paper was sold to W. J. Nottage and Chester A. Dimond. Nottage & Dimond continued the publication until Mr. Nottage sold his interests to King Cady in 1936.

In the middle 90's some opposition to the Graphic appeared. The Yamhill Independent, Orm C. Emery editor, was started in 1894 as an independent paper, issued Thursdays at $1.50 a year. It failed to last.

The Chehalem Valley Times appeared on the scene in 1891, published by Graves Brothers. G. A. Graves was editor. The paper was dead in three years. Of a later editor, unnamed, the Oregonian said, under date of December 4, 1893:

"One of the most notable instances of self-control on record is that of the editor of the Chehalem Valley Times of Newberg, who recently served a short term in jail. He has the floor, but will say nothing about the committing magistrate."

Still another paper, the Newberg Independent, is mentioned in the Corvallis Gazette of July 23, 1897. There is no trace of it in any records seen by this writer.

Another opposition paper, the Enterprise, came into the field in